CEO Inside Debt and Innovation

50 Pages Posted: 24 Mar 2021 Last revised: 15 Mar 2022

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Ha Nguyen

University of Auckland, Business School, Department of Accounting and Finance

Helen Lu

University of Auckland Business School; University of Auckland - Department of Accounting and Finance

Alastair Marsden

University of Auckland Business School

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Date Written: February 17, 2021

Abstract

This study examines the effect of CEO inside debt compensation on firm innovation. CEO inside debt compensation comprises deferred compensation and pension benefits. We find that CEO pension benefits negatively and significantly impact the number of patent applications in the following year and the number of patents and citations over a three-year time horizon. CEO pension benefits are also significantly and negatively associated with future innovation efficiency, which is measured by the firm’s research quotient (Knott, 2008). The negative association between CEO inside debt compensation and the firm’s future innovation is robust to endogeneity concerns.

Keywords: CEO compensation, Inside Debt, Patent, Citation, Research Quotient

JEL Classification: G32, O31, O32

Suggested Citation

Nguyen, Ha and Lu, Helen and Marsden, Alastair D.E., CEO Inside Debt and Innovation (February 17, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3787220 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3787220

Ha Nguyen (Contact Author)

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